Kyriotissa, with its narrow stone streets and beautiful houses of Macedonian architecture, Jewish Barbouta with Tripotamos flowing beside the painted with earth colours buildings, and the 48 Byzantine churches give to Veria its distinctive style of a traditional city. The mountain Vermio, Koumaria and Seli with the traditional customs of the Vlachs and the beautiful…

History says that the Macedonians descended from Upper Macedonia, passed Vermio and Aliakmonas and made Aiges their capital. It is in Mieza that Alexander the Great was taught by Aristotle, in Vergina that he experienced the death of his father, in Pella that he reigned and in Dion that he sacrificed to the Olympian gods…

The prefecture of Pella is in the heart of Macedonia and it is its historical cradle, since for many years ancient Pella was the capital of the Macedonian kingdom, where Alexander the Great was born and raised. The region’s rich timeless history competes with its exceptional natural beauty, with tall mountains, charming lakes and attractive…

Cassandra, Sithonia, and mountainous Chalkidiki are the three routes of the guide. Maps, itineraries, villages, monuments, blue beaches and people spread in the 287 pages of the guide. At the end, a special route, Mount Athos, its sketes, relics, and monks leaning under their daily prayer, live and lead their lives between the rock and…

It would be difficult to imagine flamingos flying leisurely over Imathia and fishermen pulling their nets within the borders of the prefecture. From the Delta of River Loudias to Vergina, Vermio, the monastery of Panagia Soumela, and further on to Naousa, Veroia, and of course Seli and 3-5 Pigadia (wells), our routes converge with the…

“Wherever I travel Greece wounds me…” Seferis writes. In this book, the heart of Greece is beating in the snow-white slopes of Mount Olympus and the verdant routes of Kissavos, in the thrilling rapel descents down the Calypso Gorge; it is beating on the rafting in River Pineios, and its wonderful river mouth, the narrows…

It would be difficult to imagine flamingos flying leisurely over Imathia and fishermen pulling their nets within the borders of the prefecture. From the Delta of River Loudias to Vergina, Vermio, the monastery of Panagia Soumela, and further on to Naousa, Veroia, and of course Seli and 3-5 Pigadia (wells), our routes converge with the…

Grevena is not just the ski centre of Vasilitsa. It is Valia Calda, the Flega lakes, its eighteen stone bridges, the Pindos mountain range, its villages and the smiling people brought up in this wild and extraordinary landscape of Western Macedonia. Photos: Giorgos & Giannis Zarzonis Texts: Giorgos Zarzonis ISBN: 978-960-7958-42-6 Publication: Greek Publication…